In Today’s Audio and Video Marketplace, Social Media is Essential to Success August 6^th 2014 - 07:00 PM

In order to be successful in marketing audio, video or multimedia program material in today’s complex marketplace, the seller must be Internet savvy. He or she should be capable of spreading a targeted story not only about the program being sold, but the production company or band’s brand ide…

The importance of QC in multichannel August 3^rd 2014 - 08:41 PM

Multichannel has become the norm. Now you need an automated QC solution. Multichannel distribution of live broadcasts offers local programmers the ability to reach a wider consumer base. The TV Everywhere movement has created a consumer climate in which people want the ability to watch any program at any time.…

Routing Live Uncompressed Production Video on IP Networks July 30^th 2014 - 09:17 AM

Since the dawn of television, studios around the globe have relied on coaxial cables to connect the broadcast world: cameras to recorders to mixers to routers to encoders. But studio coax may be on the brink of extinction. Like their colleagues in headends and uplinks, video engineers are swapping 75-ohm…

Musings of a Consultant - Workflow in Modern Media. 2nd in a Series. July 28^th 2014 - 07:59 PM

Metadata in Production. We have been keeping records in media for well over a hundred years. 3x5 index cards, and yellow legal tablets on a clip board were once the tools of the production assistant and librarian. Major studios all had their forms that production had to keep, which ended…

The changing landscape of Command and Control July 28^th 2014 - 07:33 PM

The transition to an IP architecture has created significant changes in command and control and in how systems are monitored and managed. Command and control is the all encompassing automated set of processes that control the acquisition, file movement, handling and delivery of media. Monitoring is more than a set…

How Coax became a VLAN July 28^th 2014 - 06:35 PM

There have been many significant changes in the core technologies that make up the infrastructure of the broadcast facility. The cable plant is or was the heart of the broadcast facility. And there are many different types of cables. Now the IP network is the primary backbone and the IP r…

Production servers – speed is of the essence July 24^th 2014 - 04:07 PM

Most people with memories of analogue tape-based broadcast programme-making will acknowledge the tremendous efficiencies brought about by the advent of production servers, especially within the fields of news, sport and special events.

The Perfect “Forever” Archival Storage Medium? Don’t Count On It! July 22^nd 2014 - 02:44 PM

Let’s say you or your company own a very valuable artistic work of media — a film like Casablanca, perhaps. How would you go about protecting the digital master file of Casablanca against data corruption, fire, theft or some other unforeseen natural disaster?

Musings of a Consultant - Workflow in Modern Media July 10^th 2014 - 12:11 PM

This article will be the first in a series that will continue for a while. I hope to explore some aspects of workflow for modern media and create some clarity about terms, trends, pitfalls, and successes. I am also hoping that as we explore this together you will feed back…

Intelligent monitoring July 10^th 2014 - 08:27 AM

How can we maintain flawless multi-channel broadcasting and multi-platform streaming without giving operators information overload? Monitoring by exception is widely accepted as a vital capability. But to gain all its benefits, the monitoring system needs to interpret more than just the hardware and software error messages. It needs to understand…